Kids and teens in Australia self-report that they’re easily bypassing their country’s social media restrictions.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    As a kid I used to jailbreak my friends iPods for them. Bypassing identity verification is stupid easy in comparison and I’m sure there are tutorials out there already. The only thing these laws accomplish is collecting more data from people that “don’t care” or “don’t have anything to hide” so it can be used against them in the future or sold off. Why do you think so many companies are lobbying for this? Calling it “age verification” is disingenuous. It’s identity verification and data collection. And the average person will just click “yes” so they can get back to what they were doing.